Sarah Fielding

(171068). English author Sarah Fielding strove to expand the boundaries of what was expected of an independent, intellectual woman in 18th-century Britain. The sister of writer Henry Fielding, she wrote penetratingly about the hardships a woman faced while trying to make her own way in a stifling atmosphere.

One of seven children, Sarah Fielding was born on Nov. 8, 1710, in East Stour,

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